The 1889 Newfoundland general election was held on 6 November 1889 to elect members of the 16th General Assembly of Newfoundland in Newfoundland Colony. The Reform Party administration of Robert Thorburn was defeated in favour of the Liberal Party led by William Whiteway formed the government. Reform soon disappeared and was replaced by the Orange Order based Tory Party. This was the first general election held in Newfoundland using the secret ballot.
Results Party Leader 1885CandidatesSeats wonSeat change% of seats(% change)Popular vote % of vote(% change)LiberalWilliam Whiteway1332281577.78%(41.67%)37,12360.86%(21.83%)ReformRobert Thorburn213471419.44%(38.89%)22,29236.54%(3.24%)Other261 12.78%(2.78%)1,5862.60%(18.59%)Totals367236100%61,001100%
Results by district Names in boldface type represent party leaders. † indicates that the incumbent did not run again. ‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.
St. John's
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's East | |Michael O'Mara85411.47% || |Thomas Murphy1,74723.46% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Robert Parsons Jr.(Independent)2333.13% || |Thomas Murphy
|Lawrence Furlong81911.00% || |John Dearin1,71623.04% || |Robert Parsons Jr.
|Francis St. John6098.18% || |Jeremiah Halleran1,46919.73% || |Michael O'Mara |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|St. John's West | |Patrick Scott95716.23% || |Edward Morris1,56626.55% | |John Shea (Independent)1372.32% || |Edward Morris |- |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|James Callanan74112.56% || |James Day1,32622.48% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Pierce Brien (Independent)1171.98% || |Patrick Scott
|Lawrence Gearin1,05417.87% || |James Callanan
Conception Bay
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Bay de Verde | |Stephen March47619.29% || |Edward White82033.23%
|Stephen March
|Aubrey Crocker39916.17% || |Henry Woods77331.32%
|A. J. W. McNeilly† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear72.28% turnout | |Alfred Penney28433.93% || |William Duff48658.06% | |Robert Moore (Independent)678.00% || |Alfred Penney |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Harbour Grace || |Robert Munn1,25923.95% || |William Whiteley1,36726.00%
|James Winter
|Charles Dawe68513.03% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Eli Dawe1,34225.53%
|Charles Dawe
|James Winter60411.49%
|Joseph Godden† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Maurice Fenelon1806.02% || |Frank Morris1,44848.46%
|John Veitch†
|William Woodford1,36045.52%
|Richard MacDonnell† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave71.80% turnout | |William Horwood56446.92% || |James Clift63853.08%
|George Hutchings†
Avalon Peninsula
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Ferryland || |George Shea72736.06% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Martin W. Furlong42521.08% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Michael Condon (Independent)37318.50% || |Daniel Greene
|Daniel Greene49124.36% || |George Shea |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Placentia and St. Mary's | |William Donnelly89717.74% || |George Emerson1,07721.30%
|James McGrath
|William Siteman55510.98% || |Richard O'Dwyer1,01820.13%
|William Donnelly
|J. Tobin51510.19% || |James McGrath99419.66%
|George Emerson
Eastern Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Bonavista Bay || |Donald Morison1,42918.32% || |Samuel Blandford1,38217.72% || |Alfred Morine
|Alfred Morine1,33317.09% | |George Johnson1,28316.45% || |Donald Morison
|Alfred Vincent1,22815.75% | |William Davis1,14414.67% || |Frederick White† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Trinity Bay | |Walter Grieve7899.87% || |William Whiteway2,09426.19% || |Robert Thorburn
|Ellis Watson7469.33% || |Robert Bond1,90823.86% || |Walter Grieve
|Robert Thorburn6988.73% || |David Webber1,76022.01% || |Ellis Watson
Central Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo64.56% turnout || |James Rolls55463.90% | |George Skelton31336.10% || |James Rolls |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=3|Twillingate | |Michael Knight76913.68% || |Edward Burgess1,17420.88% || |Augustus Goodridge
|Smith McKay73213.02% || |Jabez P. Thompson1,14020.27% || |Smith McKay
|Augustus Goodridge72012.80% || |Thomas Peyton1,08819.35% || |Michael Knight
Southern and Western Newfoundland
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo and LaPoile68.01% turnout | |Henry Mott16419.92%
|James Murray65980.07% || |Alexander Mackay† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Burin | |Henry LeMessurier57923.23% || |Edward Rothwell68427.44%
|John Peters†
|Robert McNeily55222.14% || |James Tait67827.20%
|Henry LeMessurier |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay62.07% turnout | |James Fraser Jr.26127.36% || |John Studdy69372.64%
|Robert Bond‡(ran in Trinity Bay) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe58.80% turnout | |Albert Bradshaw12216.53% || |George Fearn61683.47%
|Albert Bradshaw |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's || |Michael CartyWon by acclamation
|Michael Carty
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